Antioscillation mount



Dec. 13, 194-9 w, TAYLOR 2,491,229

ANTIOSCILLATION MOUNT Filed March 2, 1945 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Dec. 13, 1949 A O'R 2,491,229

ANTIOSCILLATION MOUNT Filed March 2, 1945 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Patented Dec. 13, 1949 UNITEDW at 6!. as above described but the means for damping port 4 may be provided with a collar 41 secured thereto by a set screw 42 and provided with a depending skirt 43 which extends into juxtaposition to the upper flange 2|. At the bottom the skirt has a radial flange provided with openings 44 to accommodate the screws 24, the openings 44 being somewhat larger than the heads of the screws to permit a predetermined amount of movement of the ball relative to the shell before the skirt 43 engages the screw. Clearance is also provided between the bottom of the skirt and the flange 2| for the same purpose. The two clearances may be equal or either clearance may be larger tnan the other.

When the mount is subjected to rotational vibration the rubber 26-21 gives sulficiently to permit relative oscillation between the ball I6 and the shell l8l9. tween the rubber and the associated parts, the resiliency of the rubber returns the parts to normal position. slippage between the felt 36 and shell l8 tends to dampen the vibrational movement, the spring 29 pressing the felt tightly ag-ainst the outer shell. Thus rotational vibration in any plane is absorbed by the mount.

The modification shown in Fig. 6 is like the first embodiment in that it com-prises a base a support 52 for the housing 56, two hemispherical shells 53 and 54 having peripheral flanges secured to the edge of the housing, a ball 51 inside the shell, rubber 58 between the ball and the shell, a support 56 extending fom the ball 51 upwardly through an opening in the shell 54 ,y I

to support any suitable object such as indicated This mount absorbs rotational vibrations the vibrations are somewhat different. Instead of having a spring ring such as 29 between the ball and the shell, the support carries two or more brake shoes 62 which are pressed against the outer periphery of the shell 54 by means of compression springs 63 interposed between the shoes and the supporting arms 64. As the ball 31 oscillates relatively to the shell 5354, the

shoes 62 slide over the outer periphery of the shell 54, thereby dam-ping the vibrations. If desired the arms 64 may carrying cylindrical guides fitting around the shoes 62 and the springs may be adjustable to vary the frictional resistance.

The embodiment of the invention shown in Figs.

.7 to 13 inclusive is similar to the other embodiments in that it comprises an inner part in the form of a ball 64, an outer part comprising two spherical shells 66 and 61 having abutting flanges mounted on a cup-shaped support 68 which in turn is mounted on a post 69, rubber members H between the inner and outer parts and a post 12 extending upwardly from the ball 64 through an opening in the shell 66. The ball 64 also has a depending pin 12 which projects through an opening in the lower shell 61. By making the clearance between the pin 12 and the surrounding edge of the shell 61 approximately equal to Since there is no slippage be-.

the corresponding clearance between the post I2 and the surrounding edge of the shell 64 there is no tendency to throw the ball 64 off center when the post 12 strikes the edge of the opening in shell 66 because the pin 73 strikes the edge of its opening at the same time. By knurling the ball 64 it may be gripped by the rubber members H without slippage.

Mounted on the post 12 is a collar 14 having a depending skirt 16, the collar being held on the post by means of a set screw 17. Fitting in the opening within the skirt I6 is an annular brake shoe 18 having a brake lining '19 of felt or the like engaging the outer periphery of the spherical shell 66, the operative surface of the brake also being spherical. Threaded on the upper end of the collar is a ring 81 beneath which is another ring 82 having three spring recesses spaced 120 apart around the ring. The brake shoe I8 has corresponding recesses and extending between the two sets of recesses through openings 85 in the collar 14 are compression springs 83 for yieldingly urging the brake against the outer periphery of the shell 66. The brake pressure may be varied by threading the ring 8| up and down. Disposed between the collar 14 and the brake 18 are three leaf springs 84. Corresponding ends of the springs are secured to the lower face of the collar 14 by means of screws 86 and the opposite ends of the springs are secured to the brake 18 by means of screws 81. Thus the brake I8 is prevented from rotating circumferentially while being free to move up and down. On one side the skirt it has a recess 88 to receive a lug 89 fast to a plate 9| on the lower support 68.

As shown in Figs. 12 and 13 the rubber members ll have axial openings to receive the post 12 and pin 73 respectively and they also have recesses 92 in their peripheries to facilitate flexing them into the position shown in Fig. 8. The

recesses also reduce the restoring force of the rubber and by regulating the size of the recesses the frequency of oscillation may be controlled. Instead of using separate rubber members a layer of rubber may be vulcanized on the ball 64, in which case the frequency of oscillation may be regulated by grooving the outer periphery of the layer of rubber. The characteristics of the device may be regulated by adjusting the thickness of the rubber layer. If the layer is too thick the object supported on the post 12 tends to bounce up and down. If the layer is too thin the restoring force is too great and vibrations are transmitted through the device too freely.

For supporting binoculars of the usual weight the thickness should be "about one-eighth inch. While Various kinds of rubber may be used pure gum rubber is preferable because it has less internal friction and less restoring force so that do it transmits vibrations less freely. By having substantiall no damping effect in the rubber and substantially no restoring force in the felt lining of the brake, each factor may be regulated substantially independently of the other.

The rubber connection between the relatively movable parts is preferable to Gimbel rings because rubber has less starting friction. By using a synthetic rubber its resilience may be maintained substantially constant throughout wide temperature changes. Moreover the rubber construction involves fewer parts and simpler construction than the old Gimbel type.

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'7. An anti-oscillation mount comprising inner and outer parts interconnected for limited oscillatory movement relatively to each other about a center of oscillation, said outer part having an outer spherical surface approximately concentric with said center, a mass of soft resilient yet form-retaining material interposed between said two parts for holding the parts in predeter mined spaced relationship while permitting said oscillatory movement, a post extending outwardly from the inner part through an opening in the outer part, a collar mounted on said post outside the outer part, and an annular brake carried by the collar, the brake having a spherical surface for frictional engagement with said surface to damp said oscillatory movement about said center of oscillation.

8. An anti-oscillation mount comprising inner and outer parts interconnected for limited oscillatory movement relatively to each other about a center of oscillation, said outer part having an outer spherical surface approximately concentric with said center, a mass of soft resilient yet formretaining material interposed between said two parts for holding the parts in predetermined spaced relationship while permitting said oscillatory movement, a post extending outwardly from the inner part through an opening in the outer part, a collar mounted on said post outside the outer part, an annular brake shoe carried by the collar, the brake having a spherical surface for frictional engagement with said surface to damp said oscillatory movement about said center of oscillation, and a spring interposed between the collar and shoe yieldingly to urge the shoe against said outer part.

9. An anti-oscillation mount comprising inner and outer parts interconnected for limited oscillatory movement relatively to each other about a center of oscillation, said outer part having an outer spherical surface approximately concentric with said center, a mass of soft resilient yet form-retaining material interposed between said two parts for holding the parts in predetermined spaced relationship while permitting said oscillatory movement, a post extending outwardly from the inner part through an opening in the outer part, a collar mounted on said post outside the outer part, an annular brake shoe carried by the collar, the brake having a spherical surface for frictional engagement with said surface to damp said oscillatory movement about said center of oscillation, a spring interposed between the collar and shoe yieldingly to urge the shoe against said outer part and means for adjusting the pressure of said spring.

10. An anti-oscillation mount comprising in ner and outer parts interconnected for limited oscillatory movement relatively to each other about a center of oscillation, said outer part having an outer spherical surface approximately concentric with said center, a mass of soft resilient yet form-retaining material interposed between said two parts for holding the parts in predetermined spaced relationship while permitting said oscillatory movement, a post extending outwardly from the inner part through an opening in the outer part, a collar mounted on said post outside the outer part, an annular brake shoe carried by the collar, the brake having a spherical surface for frictional engagement with said surface to damp said oscillatory movement about said center of oscillation, a ring mounted on said collar and spring means interposed between said shoe and ring for pressing the shoe against said outer part, the ring being adjustably mounted to vary the pressure of the spring means.

11. An anti-oscillation mount comprising inner and outer parts interconnected for relative rotary movement about an axis extending through both parts and relative tipping movement laterally of said axis, a mass of soft resilient yet form-retaining material interposed between said two parts for holding the parts in predetermined spaced relationship while permitting said relative movements, means fast to one of said parts for frictional engagement with the other part for damping said relative tipping movement, inner and outer supports fast to said inner and outer parts respectively, one for supporting the mount and the other for supporting an object on the mount, the outer part having an opening to accommodate the inner support with sufficient clearance to permit said relative tipping movement, said inner part comprising a ball and said outer part comprising two cupshaped shells extending around opposite sides of the ball with peripheral flanges facing each other and means for securing said flanges together and to said outer support.

12. An anti-oscillation mount compriing inner and outer parts interconnected for relative rotary movement about an axis extending through both parts and relative tipping movement laterally of said axis, a mass of soft resilient yet formretaining material interposed between said two parts for holding the parts in predetermined spaced relationship while permitting said relative movements, means fast to one of said parts for frictional engagement with the other part for damping both said relative rotary movement and said relative tipping movement, inner and outer supports fast to said inner and outer parts respectively, one for supporting the mount and the other for supporting an object on the mount, the outer part having an opening to accommodate the inner support with sufficient clearance to permit said relative tipping movement, said inner part comprising a ball and said outer part comprising two cup-shaped shells extending around opposite sides of the ball with peripheral flanges facing each other and means for securing said flanges together and to said outer support.

13. An anti-oscillation mount comprising inner and outer parts intecronnected for relative rotary movement about an axis extending through both parts and relative tipping movement laterally of said axis, a mass of soft resilient yet form-retaining material interposed between said two parts for holding the parts in predetermined spaced relationship while permitting said relative movements, a damper fast to one of said parts for frictional engagement with the other part for damping both said relative rotary 2,491,229 t 1% movemen and said re a ive tipping movement, inner and outer supports fast to said inner and REFERENCES CITED outer parts respectively, one for supporting the The following references are of record in the mount and the other for supporting an object on file of this patent:

the mount, the outer part having an opening to 5 accommodate the inner support with suflicient UNITED STATES PATENTS clearance to permit said relative tipping move- Number Name Date ment, said inner part comprising a ball and said 7,2 8 Menefee Aug. 9, 1921 outer part comprising two cup-shaped shells ,3 7,5 Tyler Apr. 27, 1943 extending around opposite sides of the ball with 10 FOREIGN PATENTS peripheral flanges facing each other and means for securing said flanges together and to said Number Country e outer support. 346,769 Great Britain A131. 17, 1931 FRANK W. TAYLOR. 

